shoaly

American  

[shoh-lee] / ˈʃoʊ li /

adjective

shoalier, shoaliest

1. full of shoals or shallows.

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Etymology

Origin of shoaly

First recorded in 1605–15; shoal ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

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shoaly

The distance between Point Cururu and Santarem was accomplished in three days, against the same difficulties of contrary and furious winds, shoaly water, and rocky coasts.

From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Bates, Henry Walter

Our men strove in vain to gain the harbour; the wind overtook us, and we cast anchor in three fathoms, with two miles of shoaly water between us and the land on our lee.

From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Bates, Henry Walter

As we approached the island, numbers of the animals were seen coming to the surface to breathe, in a small shoaly bay.

From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Bates, Henry Walter

The Desmoines, he adds, is about eighty yards wide where the Little Sioux river approaches it: it is shoaly, and one of its principal branches is called Cat river.

From History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. by Allen, Paul

This is not occasioned by shallow water, as this channel is very deep, only that on the Egyptian side it is somewhat shoaly close to the shore.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert